Development of an English Language Instructional Model based on the 21st Century Learning Skills to Enhance ELLs’ Learning Achievement

Abstract

With the rapid changes in the world, many educators attempt to find effective ways to support learners’ academic and professional achievement. 21^st Century learning skills support and respond to the changes such as to encourage learners’ creativity, critical thinking, communication and collaboration. With this in mind, being teachers in the 21^st Century learning is not easy and it is necessary to understand the clear picture of 21^st Century learning skills. The understanding of ideas for 21^st Century skills are recognized as standard of education process because it will affect education practice, for instance, setting classroom management, goals and learners’ desirable skills of learners. Teachers who can implement the concept of 21^st Century skills conduct the instruction effectively. Accordingly, the instructional model is produced in order to support the teachers in understanding and implementing. The objectives of the study were 1) to develop an English language instructional model based on the 21^st Century learning skills to enhance learning achievement and 2) to examine the quality of an English language instructional model based on the 21^st Century learning skills to enhance ELLs’ learning achievement. The research instruments used in the study were semi-structured interview forms and the 21^st Century learning skills checklist. The findings of the study revealed that, for the development of the English language instructional model based on the 21^st Century learning skills: there were ten components as follows; setting up objectives, analyzing the environment, analyzing the learners’ role, analyzing the teacher’s role, analyzing and designing content, identifying instructional strategies, developing and selecting instructional materials, designing instructional procedures, evaluating the learning outcome and providing feedback. Regarding the examination of the quality of the English language instructional model based on the 21^st Century learning skills, it was found that the consistency of the components of the instructional model was 0.96 which represented that the English language instructional model was consistent with all components. When it was considered in terms of the appropriateness of the components’ description, it reached 0.98 which shows that it was appropriate to employ in teaching and learning.